Keith Woolcock, partner at 5th Column Ideas, says the Dell-story tells the PC cycle is dead, but the Apple share price indicates the end of cycle for smartphones, adding the few tech stocks worth investing in are already on very high PE.

Dell reported a 31-percent drop in profit, hurt by a shrinking consumer business, but the results topped analysts' expectations. This came just over a week after founder Michael Dell offered to take the company private.

Three of Dell's largest investors joined Southeastern Asset Management on Friday in objecting to a $24.4 billion buyout of the No. 3 PC maker led by Chief Executive Michael Dell, sources said, as opposition grows to the largest buyout since the start of the financial crisis.

Is it easier to work your way out of a PC hole if you are not public? Dennis Berman, The Wall Street Journal; and Dan Primack, Fortune Magazine, discuss Dell's plan to go private, and what investors are likely to expect.

CNBC's David Faber has the latest details on Dell's deal with private equity firm Silver Lake Partners. Terms of the deal reveal Dell shareholders will receive $13.65 in cash per share of common stock. Also, David Katz, Matrix Asset Advisors weighs in on how to play the stock now.